April 20
Okay, so we’re a few days late but we didn’t have a good internet connection on Friday, and we got home way too late last night to do anything but shower and go to bed. So, here’s what we did on Friday, our last day with the car.
We left Dieppe in the morning and drove almost 3 hours to Chateau du Fontainebleau. There was a medieval castle on the site in the early 12th century but most of it was rebuilt in the 15th century. It was the Chateau of Château of Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici (as was the Chateau de Chenonceau we visited at the beginning of our French adventure. Eventually Napoleon Bonaparte I used it as his palace. It is a gigantic place and fully furnished with (mostly) original furnishings. There was also an interesting museum and portrait gallery.
After checking into our tiny studio flat and mailing back yet another box, we went back to the town of Fountainebleau for dinner. We had the most delicious pizza we’ve had (and we’ve had many) since we’ve been in Europe. Seriously, it tasted exactly as the pizzas we had in Italy….delicious.